Woman with pellet gun shot dead outside home by Miami Shores officer, police say
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A woman was shot and killed by a Miami Shores police officer Monday afternoon after she walked out of her home and pointed what appeared to be semi-automatic handgun at him, police said.
It turned out to be a pellet gun, police said.
Neighbors identified the woman to Miami Herald news partner CBS4 as Etianna Planellas, 47.
This happened in front of 68 NW 95th St. around 4:15 p.m. In an alert to residents, Shores police said they were called to the home to quell a disturbance.
“The initial arriving officer encountered an adult female exiting the residence with what appeared to be a semi-automatic handgun,’’ the alert said
Miami Shores Police Chief Kevin Lystad told reporters on the scene: “I really can’t say exactly what the discussion was. However, we do know, with a high degree of certainty at this point, that during the interaction, the weapon was pointed at the officer. The officer felt for his safety and fired at the victim.”
Lystad said, as far as he knew, the officer’s shots were the only ones fired.
Miami-Dade Police Detective Alvaro Zabaleta said county homicide detectives were investigating the woman’s death for Miami Shores, which doesn’t have a homicide squad.
Zabaleta also said the Florida Department of Law Enforcement had been called in. The agency investigates police-involved shootings for several departments in Miami-Dade County.
This story was originally published August 30, 2021 at 5:50 PM.
